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Remove old instructions & patches they referred to (& rename instructions to the actual state) Old instruction names were from the time when tdesktop used GYP that had MSVC, XCode and CMake backends. But tdesktop uses CMake now, so these names are no longer correct.
2021-07-20 02:41:11 +00:00
## Build instructions for macOS
build instructions done for os x version
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Fix headers in building docs. Closes #3182
2017-04-04 09:17:54 +00:00
### Prepare folder
build instructions done for os x version
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Improve paths for Xcode build.
2017-10-13 19:23:19 +00:00
Choose a folder for the future build, for example **/Users/user/TBuild**. It will be named ***BuildPath*** in the rest of this document. All commands will be launched from Terminal.
added google breakpad/crashpad to build instructions
2016-02-08 12:32:17 +00:00
Don't provide 'api_id' and 'api_hash' by default. We ask the developer to obtain his own api credentials, because the bundled 'api_id' / 'api_hash' are strictly limited by the server. The old credentials still could be used for test purposes, but the developer will need to explicitly opt-in to use them.
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### Obtain your API credentials
You will require **api_id** and **api_hash** to access the Telegram API servers. To learn how to obtain them [click here][api_credentials].
Improve paths for Xcode build.
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### Clone source code and prepare libraries
build instructions done for os x version
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Improve paths for Xcode build.
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Go to ***BuildPath*** and run
fixed openal for os x 10.7 and 10.8
2015-01-10 13:07:26 +00:00
Update mac build instructions with up-to-date homebrew link
2024-03-10 08:58:26 +00:00
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Added support for AVIF, HEIF and JPEG XL on macOS.
2024-02-18 17:48:05 +00:00
brew install git automake cmake wget pkg-config gnu-tar ninja nasm meson
Fix xcode build instructions (#4345)
2018-01-26 00:55:31 +00:00
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
Improve paths for Xcode build.
2017-10-13 19:23:19 +00:00
git clone --recursive https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop.git
Build dependencies by script on Windows and macOS.
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./tdesktop/Telegram/build/prepare/mac.sh
Update building docs.
2020-08-11 10:26:48 +00:00
Improve paths for Xcode build.
2017-10-13 19:23:19 +00:00
### Building the project
build instructions done for os x version
2014-06-25 20:15:34 +00:00
Minimal update of build instructions to use CMake.
2019-12-31 12:08:56 +00:00
Go to ***BuildPath*/tdesktop/Telegram** and run (using [your **api_id** and **api_hash**](#obtain-your-api-credentials))
Moved all builds to GYP.
2016-09-12 11:45:41 +00:00
Use cmake_dependent_option to better declare variables that relate on other variables
2022-08-10 23:30:32 +00:00
./configure.sh -D TDESKTOP_API_ID=YOUR_API_ID -D TDESKTOP_API_HASH=YOUR_API_HASH
Moved all builds to GYP.
2016-09-12 11:45:41 +00:00
Minimal update of build instructions to use CMake.
2019-12-31 12:08:56 +00:00
Then launch Xcode, open ***BuildPath*/tdesktop/out/Telegram.xcodeproj** and build for Debug / Release.
Don't provide 'api_id' and 'api_hash' by default. We ask the developer to obtain his own api credentials, because the bundled 'api_id' / 'api_hash' are strictly limited by the server. The old credentials still could be used for test purposes, but the developer will need to explicitly opt-in to use them.
2018-11-04 10:29:30 +00:00
[api_credentials]: api_credentials.md